Notion-counter.



M. TAUSSIG.

NOTION COUNTER. APPLICATlON FILED SEPT-7.19M.

1 26,021, Patented May 15, 1917.

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MAURICE TA'USSIG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NOTION-COUNIEB.

Application filed September 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAURICE TAUSSIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Notion-Counters, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to store furniture, and more particularly to notion counters designed to contain a large assortment of small articles in drawers, which are slidably arranged in tiers in a show case, constructed partly of glass, whereby the drawers and their contents are visible from the front of the show case. The principal objection to notion counters heretofore in use, consists in the fact that access to the inner side of the glass portion of the counter is hindered by reason of the presence of the supports for the drawers, so that in order to wash the inside of the glass portion it became necessary to remove entire sections of the drawer supports and drawers.

The primary object of this invention is to simplify the construction of counters of this general class, and to provide a notion counter construction whereby tiers of drawers may be removed for free access to the inside of the glass portions of the counter, the f 'ame work or supports for the drawers remaining undisturbed in the counter. Another object is to provide supports for tiers of drawers wherein the tiers may be set close together and the drawers of each tier may be set close together so as to economize space and add to the attractiveness of the appearance of the counter.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in the several novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a View, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical cross section, of a notion counter showing one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a fragment of the drawer-supporting frame.

Referring to said drawing, 10 designates the base, 11, the glass front, 12, 13, the glass and wood top, and 13, one side of a notion counter; the glass plates being secured in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 15, 191?. Serial No. 49,148.

place in any of the common and well-known ways. Upon the wood portion of the top maybe placed trays or other receptacles, and, if desired, drawers, one of which is illustrated at 14, may be slidably secured in a cabinet, 15,supported within and near the top of the counter at the rear thereof. The counter body just described is open at the back, and the drawers and drawer support ing frame are contained within the same, the forward portion of the drawers and contents being visible through the glass front and top, as is customary in counters of this class.

In the embodiment of the present invention, I employ a metal frame, 16 (see Fig. 3), preferably constructed of metal strips forming the frame-work proper, and angle-- iron rails secured thereto for slidably sup porting the drawers.

Conveniently, said drawer supporting frame, 16, may comprise front and rear rectangular frame members, 17, 18, and horizontal cross connecting members, 19, 20, united together, as, for instance, by electric welding. The rectangular frame members consist of flat strips or bars, having upper and lower lengthwise extending portions, 21, 22, united at their ends by upright end strips, 23, and between their ends by upright strips, 24, spaced apart sufficiently to accommodate the drawers, 25, 26, 27 therebetween. Preferably, the end horizontal cross connecting members, 19, comprise angle bars, in order to obtain strength and rigidity, and the cross connecting members, 20, comprise flat metal strips, said cross connecting members, 20, extending between the lengthwise extending members, 21, 22, at the places where the upright strips, 24, unite with the members,'21, 22. This drawer supporting frame, it is to be noted, has no vertical or horizontal partitions therein, so that large open spaces are left between the top and bottom members, and upright members of the frame, whereby free access is obtained to the interior of the counter when the draw-' ers are removed, and the insides of the glass plates may therefore be readily washed without removing the frame, 16. Said frame may be permanently secured to the base and other parts of the frame of the counter as by screws, 28.

Secured to and extending between the upright members of the drawer supporting frame, 16, and arranged in pairs, are the drawers 26, 27', extend between the vertical webs of the opposlng angle iron rails of each pair, and between the horizontal webs of said rails; the drawers 25, extend between the horizontal webs of the rails on which they rest, and the cross connecting strips 19, 20, whereby all of the drawers are guided to move in horizontal planes.

1n notion counters of this class the drawers of each tier increase in length from top to bottom, whereby the forward portion of each drawer projects beyond that one above it, so that the contents thereof is visible from the top and front of the counter. For properly positioning the drawers, stops are provided, the same being here shown as comprising laterally extending lugs, 31, on the rails, which are engaged by downwardly extending lugs, 32, on the drawers. The lowermost drawers may strike against the front part of the counter framework, and thus limit their forward movement.

Access to any drawer being desired, it is drawn backward through the open back of the counter, and when the inside of the glass Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the top or front requires washing, the several tiers of drawers may be removed, whereby free access is had through the open-work drawer-supporting frame.

More or less variation of the exact details of construction shown and described is possible without departing from the spirit of this invention, and I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the particular form shown and described, but intend in the following claim to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A notion counter comprising a counter frame, having a glass front and top portion, and an open back, a metal, open work frame secured in said counter and consisting of front and back metal strips, each arranged in the form of a rectangle, horizontal cross connecting strips and intermediate upright strips extending between the top and bottom members of the rectangular members, transversely extending, metal rails secured to said upright members, drawers slidably supported on. said rails, with their front ends overhanging said metal frame, and increasing in length from. top to bottom, and stops on said rails and drawers co-acting to limit movement of the drawers in one direction.

MAURICE TAUSSIG.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

